Dirigible headlight.



W. H. NELSON.

DIRIGIBLB HEADLIGHT,

APPLIGAHON FILED DE0.27. 1913.

Patented Nov. 24, 1914 'being shown 'at 22.

Uivrran sans an onirica.

IILLIAM H.-NELSON, OF HAZLETON, IOWA.

DIRIGIBLE HEADLIGI-IT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2d. 1914.

Application filed December 27, 1913.1 Serial No. 808,941.

To all @riz om it may concern Be it known that I, NrLLraM H.- NELSON,- acitizen of the United States of America, and :a resident of Hazleton,Buchanan county` Iowa, have 'invented certain new and tween a movablelamp support and the Shifting-rod for the stub axles of such vehicle,which will be'suitable-to transmit movement from said shifting-rod tosaid lamp support. to rock the latterangularly sidewise to conform tothe like angular-'rocking sidewise of the vehicle wheels controlled bysaid shift'- ing rod. This object I have accomplished by the means whichare hereinafter described and claimed, and which are illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 isan upper plan view of the forward part of a vehicle ormotor-car, having` my improved movement transmi sionmeans connectedbetween the lamp supportsand the wheel shiftingrod. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the parts shown in Fig. 1, with parts broken away.Fig. S is an .enlarged detail perspective view of a nlodied form ofhinged bracket, being a part of said device.

bhmilar numerals of reference denotecor,' responding parts throughoutthe several views. 4

A plate 2 is secured to one of the frame bars 1 of theA vehicle. and hasan vintegral vertical hollow cylindrical bearing 3 adapted to movablyreceive the vertical standard 15 of the lamp supporting forks 16. thelamp A. collar 4 is secured upon said standard 15 by means of.asetscrew` and keeps the standard in the proper position relative to thesleeve-bearing 3. The lower end of the standard projects downwardlybelow the bearing 3, and has secured thereon. a sleeve by means of a.set-screw 6. said sleeve havinga horizontal integral socket 7 adapted tomovably receive the forward end ot the bent rod` or'l arm 8 for up anddown rocking movements, the rear'partof said' rod being carriedhorizontallv to the rear and receivedslidably withinthe sleeve 9.Theisleeve 9 forms one .part of a universal joint or coupling 10',

which latter is pivotally mounted on the l forward end of the horizontal`portion :11 of the bent bracket 14 and the lower por`- tion of saidbracket is secured to the shifting rod 25 by means' of a U-bolt 13. rTheshifting-rod Q15 has its ends pivotallyl connected to arms 24 ixedlyprojecting from the stub axles 23 of the forward carrying wheels 26 ofthe motor-car or vehicle. The numerals 17 and 21 denote like armsintegrally projected from sleeves which are secured by means ofset-screws to the lower ends of the two standards 15. A rod 19vis.connected by means of pivotal couplings 18 and 20 at either end to saidarms 17 andQl.

In Fig. 3 is shown amodification of 'the bracket11-14. While in Fig. 2,one or more orifices '12 are provided in the part 11 of said bracket toreceive adjustably the universal coupling 10, the modified device shownin Fig. 3 shows the coupling 10 piv- 'otally mounted on a plate 11,which 'latter has a longitudinal slot 27 adapted to register with. alike slot in the horizontal plate 29, and being secured adjustablvthereto by means o f. a' bolt 28. The .plate 29 has a hinged ]oint 30 tothe upper end of the bracket 31, and the latter is secured to theshifting-rod 25 by means of the U-bolt 13. In order to keep the plate 29up in its proper horizontal position, a plate spring 32 is mounted onthe bracketl and 'has its upper end movably engaged with the lowersurface of the plate 29, to yieldingly support the latter.

Itis obvious that when the shitting-rofll 25 is 'moved in eitherdirection transverselv of the vehicle, and while it is rocking the arms24 to change the angular' positions oit the wheels 26 relative to saidvehicle, that my above vdescribed movable connecting means will beintluenced by said shittingi rod to rock the said' lamp-standards l5side'- wiseappropriately to cause them to take ap proximately the sameangular position relative to said vehicle as said wheels Q6. In thisway, when the direction-of the vehicle is thus changed, the light castby said lamps is always directly in the changed direction of movement ofthe vehicle. It should be observed, that since the rod 8 is not only7pivotally connected to the lamp support 15, but is also slidablyconnected with the universa] couplings. .v9-l0 of said bracket 11.-14,that the arm 8 is permitted to rock up and down'so that any up and downmove-- ment of the wheels 26 with their connected axles and arms 251,and the shifting-rod will not at all affect the lamps 22. The use of therod 19 as pivotally connected between the arms 17 and 21 secured on thesaid lamp' standards, permits both lamps 22 to be simultaneously shiftedin the same angle of movement.

The whole device is very simple, ineX.- pensive, and easily applied foruse on any vehicle of the kind described, and in which the adjustingmeans shown in either Fig.

vor Fig. 3 may be used for the purpose.

Having described my invention, what l claim as new, and desire to secureby Let ters Patent, is:

1. The combination With a lamp-support mounted to be rocked from side toside, and the shifting-rod of the stub-axles of a vehicle, of means forrocking said lamp-sup.n

port connected to said shift1ng-rod, comprising a body detachably andadj ustably mounted on said lamp-support and having a sidebearingprojecting therefrom. an arm pivotally mounted'in said bearing, a bodysecured to said shifting-rod, having a universal-coupling pivotallymounted thereon to rock from side to side, the other end of said pivotedarm being slidably connected to said. universal. coupling.

2. rhe combination with a lamp-support mounted to be rocked from side toside, and the shifting-rod ofthe stub-axles of a veamaai@ hcle, of meansfor rocking said lamp-support, comprising an arm pivotally connected tosaid lamp support, a bracket secured to said shifting-rod, a platehinged to said bracket, asleeve slidably mounted on the ing mountedadjustably on said plate and adapted for both sidewise and up and downrocking movements, and a spring mounted on said bracket and engaging theplate hinged thereto.

3. The combination with lamp-Supports pivotally mounted for sidewserocking movements, like cranks on said lamp-supports, a bar having itsends pivotally connected to said cranks, and the shifting-rod of thestub-axles ot' a vehicle, of means for rocking said lamp-supportssimultaneously in the same direction, comprising a socketed body mountedon one of said lamp-supports, a rod having one end pivoted in saidSocketed body for up and down rocking movements, a bracket secured tosaid shifting-rod, a universal joint mounted on said bracket, the rearend of said pivoted rod heilig slidablyconnected to said universal oint.

Signed at -Wateloo, Iowa this 19th day of Dec. 1913.

lWILLMM H. unison.

rear part of said pivoted arm, said sleeve be- A

